1859 season

Unnamed Hurricane, AL08 1859

Oct 24, 12:00 AM UTC – Oct 29, 6:00 PM UTC (5.8 days)

Peak
Hurricane, Category 1
Max sustained wind
90 mph (80 kt)
Lowest pressure
989 mb
Landfalls
1

Track

  • Hurricane
  • Tropical Storm
  • Tropical Depression
  • Other
  • Large white-ringed dots: landfall

Landfalls

  • Oct 28, 6:00 PM UTC · 27.7°N 82.8°W · Hurricane · 90 mph
Every track point (24)
UTCStatusPositionWind ktmbNote
1859-10-24 00:00TS20.2°N 93.3°W40—
1859-10-24 06:00TS20.3°N 93.3°W40—
1859-10-24 12:00TS20.4°N 93.3°W40—
1859-10-24 18:00TS20.6°N 93.2°W40—
1859-10-25 00:00TS20.7°N 93.2°W40—
1859-10-25 06:00TS20.8°N 93.2°W50—
1859-10-25 12:00TS21.0°N 93.1°W50—
1859-10-25 18:00TS21.2°N 93.0°W50—
1859-10-26 00:00TS21.4°N 92.9°W60—
1859-10-26 06:00TS21.6°N 92.8°W60—
1859-10-26 12:00HU21.8°N 92.6°W70—
1859-10-26 18:00HU22.0°N 92.5°W80—
1859-10-27 00:00HU22.3°N 92.1°W80—
1859-10-27 06:00HU22.5°N 91.7°W80—
1859-10-27 12:00HU23.1°N 91.0°W80—
1859-10-27 18:00HU23.9°N 90.0°W80—
1859-10-28 00:00HU24.8°N 88.7°W80—
1859-10-28 06:00HU25.7°N 87.1°W80—
1859-10-28 12:00HU26.7°N 85.0°W80—
1859-10-28 18:00HU27.7°N 82.8°W80—Landfall
1859-10-29 00:00HU29.2°N 79.2°W70989
1859-10-29 06:00EX30.3°N 75.2°W60—
1859-10-29 12:00EX31.7°N 69.9°W50—
1859-10-29 18:00EX32.7°N 63.5°W40—

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), its post-season reanalysis; values can differ from the advisories issued at the time. Source: hurdat2-1851-2025-092326.txt, hurdat2-nepac-1949-2025-092926.txt.